SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL

SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is a cozy elementary-level community in BEE BRANCH, Arkansas, overseen by SOUTH SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Van Buren). The school educates 269 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Arkansas's public schools average about 418 students each, so SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL sits 36% smaller than that benchmark.

Within SOUTH SIDE SCHOOL DISTRICT (Van Buren), which oversees 2 schools and 518 students, SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%); the rest breaks down as 5% multiracial, 3% Black. Compared to Van Buren County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 16.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 99% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Arkansas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 22.7%; SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL posts 38.5%, +15.8 points above that line.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Van Buren County put the typical household earns roughly $50,354 per year, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Van Buren County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,057 students), SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SOUTH SIDE HIGH SCHOOL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SOUTH SIDE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 288 students in 2018 compared to 269 in 2025.

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